The Things I Do Not Know Could Stop a Team of Oxen in Its Tracks

In the interest of conservation, I’ve generally never used Kleenex in my adult life (read why here.) Working on eliminating the disposable items in our household is of continual concern, because environmental conservation is very important to me. Still, I’ve been blowing my nose in toilet paper, which is sub-optimal. Harking back to my childhood, [...]



Basting. Are you kidding me?

I’ve never had an aversion to needles. You can see my veins from space, so blood draws on me have always been easy, low-stress affairs for both the phlebotomist and myself. Finger pokes, however, are another story. I hate the finger pokes. Always have, probably always will. They’re not quite so bad now, with the [...]



Well, off to a good start

When Mike’s alarm went off at 7am, well before the sun was up, my brain woke up. And wouldn’t go back to sleep! Nooooooo! I’d planned to sleep in a bit today, but I reckon not. Ok, fine – all the better to get The Plans underway, then. I want to find an apron pattern [...]



The New Phone Book’s Here!

Wait… am I the only one who remembers that scene from “The Jerk?” If so, you all think I’m genuinely excited about phone books, but that’s actually not the case. Tonight, my weekend begins, and I have such plans. I tried to have such plans last weekend, but a migraine interdicted. So now, SUCH PLANS [...]



Why is it…

…whenever I have new fabric to wash, it is immediately preceded by having washed something absolutely covered in dog hair, resulting in a very hairy dryer? Oh, right. I don’t own anything not covered in dog hair. Posts Like This One, In One Way or Another:The plug-in found no related posts. Perhaps try the search [...]



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